PRAYER

PRAYER....This post was inspired from reading an excellent book on PRAYER...A Portrait of a World at Prayer...edited by John Gatusso, containing over 100 photographs of people in prayer worldwide and 20 some texts by masters/leaders like the Dalai Lama, Thomas Merton, Gandhi, Desmond Tutu, Karen Armstrong and others.
The book shows clearly how prayer is universal; it indicates our oneness with the entire human family. All peoples wish to connect with a Higher Reality. As Karen writes, all the world's faiths do not see the sacred as simply Something "out there" but as a Reality that is encountered in the depths of our own being. p.26  The desire for divine Reality is inherent in all humans and it is reciprocal, that is the Divine also seeks us. Prayer does not change the mind of God but it does make us realize that we need comfort from a Higher Source.
Our special moments, Grace moments, God moments, are indeed a prayer; the Divine Reality is connecting, touching our heart, our very soul. In silence, we hear it...
( Accepting and being present to the moment is contemplative living where our life becomes a PRAYER.)
Namaste... (the Divine in me greets the Divine in you.)...lucy m.


Thus says the Lord God: "Behold, I Myself search for My sheep and  seek them out."  Ez 34:11
On that day, you will know that you are in Me and I am in you.   Jn 14:20

We must let God be God in us and through us.    Desmond Tutu

The holiest Name in the world, the Name of the Creator is the sound of your own breathing.  Lawrence Kushner

No matter where you go or where you sit, look at all beings with eyes of compassion.  Thich Nhat Hanh

There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the ground.   Rumi

Contemplation ( a form of prayer ) is a sudden awareness, an awakening to the Real within all that is real, a vivid awareness of infinite Being within all that is real.    Thomas Merton

The more you live in the Now, the more you sense the profound joy of Being  and the sacredness of all life.   E. Tolle

Call on your Lord humbly and in secret.  Qur'an

When you want to pray, go to your inner room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret.   Matt 6:6

Prayer is ultimately contact with God...(the Ultimate Reality)   Frank Doyle



THE EARTH IS FULL OF YOUR GLORY

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 watch a very short You Tube on universal PRAYER at   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UefitFiUrB0

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  1. BettinaAugust 31, 2018 at 7:47 AM

    Ammen. Lucy , thank you for sharing with us the insights of wise, holy people. God in all of us.

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    1. dialoguewithlucy.comAugust 31, 2018 at 9:27 AM

      Thanks Bettina for your well thought comment. Yes!" God is all in all".

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